Container



Jan. 5 1926.

T. C. FOSTER CONTAINER Filed 001;. 6, 1924 Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE CLYDE FOSTER. OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. ASSIGNOR TO THEODORE W. FOSTER & BRO. C0,, OF PRQVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CONTAINER.

Application filed October 6, 1924. Serial No. 741,857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known tiat I, THEODORE CLYDE Fosrnn,a citizen of the United States, resid ing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in containers and pertains more particularly to containers of the type disclosed in re-issue Patent No. 15,564 of March 20, 1923.

The present invention relates to an improvement on said patent and pertains more especially to improved means for latching each of the covers to the body of the con-- tainer the primary object of the invention being to provide simple, economical and easily operable latching means for the described purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a single latching device which serves to latch each cover to the container body.

The invention has still further and other objects which will be later set forth and manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an edge view;

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1 and Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 2.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, the circular body A and the two hinged covers B and C which are received on or over opposite sides, of the body, are of the same construction as in the patent above mentioned.

The present invention resides in the latch, which is constructed of a curved piece of spring metal forming a body, which latter has a central lateral ear 2 that is secured by a rivet 3 to the rim 8 of the body 1, whereby either end of the body is free to move independently of the other. Catches i and 5 are struck-out from opposite sides and ends of the body and project through rim .8 and i to ke p 6 7 Provided therefor in the covers. Finger pieces 9 and 10 are secured to the ends of the body of the latch, preferably by riveting at 30 and :;;tend through cut-outs 11 and 12 provided therefor in a hollow bead 13 formed on the rim of the container body. Finger pieces 9 and 10 hold the latch against lateral movements about the rivet 3.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that one latch functions for each of the two covers and further that there are no movable or other parts subject to breakage or impairment in ordinary usage. By forming the slots for the finger pieces in the bead 13, the structure is not weakened and by providing the ear 2, at one side of the latch the latter is permitted to be more easily flexed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a container including a central body having a peripheral hollow slotted bead and a pair of opposed covers hinged to the body, a single spring latch for both of the covers having a central lateral ear riveted to the body, a pair of catches for the covers struck-out from the respective opposite ends of the latch, and disposed on opposite sides of the bead and finger pieces on the ends of the latch projecting through the slots of the bead.

2. In combination with a container having a central body and a pair of covers hinged to the body on opposite sides thereof, a single spring latch for both of the covers having its axis extending in the plane of the box and having a central lateral ear, means to secure the ear to the body and with each of the latch ends free to permit of in dependent flexure of the latter, catches for the covers located on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the latch, and a pair of finger pieces for the catches located ad jacent the respective catches and extending through the body in substantial alinement with the longitudinal axis of thecatch.

3. In combination with a container having a central body and a pair of covers hinged to th respective opposite sides thereo a single spring latch, means to centrally c011- nec-t the latch to the body to permit of independent movement of each end of the latch, catches on the ends of the latch extending outwardly from opposite sides thereof for engagement with the respective covers, and a pair of separate finger pieces on the ends of the latch located opposite to the respective catches and extending through the body.

THEODORE CLYDE 'FOST ER. 

